[Osx-nutters] Egyptian Two-Fer: Racism and Misogyny in One Cartoon

[David Cake]

At 9:34 AM -0700 25/2/07, Chris Gehlker wrote:
>On Feb 25, 2007, at 8:01 AM, David Cake wrote:
>
>>At 5:42 AM -0700 25/2/07, Chris Gehlker wrote:
>>>On Feb 25, 2007, at 4:48 AM, David Cake wrote:
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Creating and displaying piss christ, etc. were acts of 
>>>>>incredible stupidity and arrogance. We don't need any more like 
>>>>>that.
>>>>
>>>>	I don't have such a big issue with stuff like that. Its in an 
>>>>art gallery, you have to go out of your way to see it. If your 
>>>>offended because you read about how it was done in art shows 
>>>>somewhere far away, your going to get offended by something.
>>>
>>>It was in a prominent, publicly funded art gallery which was a 
>>>large part of the controversy. I honestly think that that had it 
>>>been installed in some obscure loft somewhere it would not have 
>>>been such an issue.
>>
>>	Of course it wouldn't. All manner of vile sacrilegious filth 
>>gets displayed in obscure lofts all the time. And from time to time 
>>on Comedy Central.
>>	The problem was the public funding. Not because its wrong, 
>>but because it made it something the 'culture warriors' of the 
>>political Right felt they could take a legitimate interest in.
>
>I would go farther and say that it *gave* them a legitimate interest in it.

	Well, I don't think the public funding of whole institutions 
and programs gives them a legitimate interest in critiqueing 
individual artworks, but it certainly gave them an excuse.

	Cheers
		David